Vasily Smyslov was champion of the USSR in 1949, 1955. World Champion 1957-1958. Three times played matches against Mikhail Botvinnik: 1954, draw, 1957 won, 1958 lost.Smyslov was a participant of match tournament La Hague-Moscow for the world championship title, and placed second after Botvinnik in 1948.Smyslov was a member of soviet team in the World’s Chess Olimpyads nine times from 1952-1972 and captain several times after that. Smyslov was Champion of Europa from 1957-73 with the soviet team.Smyslov conducted a school for high achievement in chess for 20 years. Smyslov was awarded with the Lenin Order.

The noted educator V. A. Sukhomlinsky wrote: “Chess is an excellent school of consistent logical reasoning. Playing chess organizes thinking, develops concentration, trains memory. Chess should enter the elementary school curriculum as a form of cultura of the mind. We are singling out elementary school, where the intelectual development assumes particular prominence, requiring special types and methods of work”

lunes, 2 de marzo de 2009

Chess Books for the very Young champions.Chess Work’s Books for Children.Each in $10 UScy. In English the same programm used in Russia. In PDF or Dejavu versions in your email box.Fourth Cathegory, six and seven years oldFourth Cathegory, eight and nine years oldThird Cathegory 10 and 11 years old.

Course for players of 2nd force, rating between 1600 - 1900.(Based on the course of preparation for chess players of the second force for the trainers group of Saint Petersburg, in the book “ Schemes of Reasoning of the World Champions ” of the WGM Mikhailova and in the "Tactical" series of Neishtadt and Konotop.Course of 40 lessons, (weekly) with a whole of 20 principal topics.It cost 240 $ dollars in a payment or two payments for 130 $ dollars or 10 monthly payments for 30 $ dollars.Formats: Chess Base and PDF.Topics:Attack the king.Calculation of variants.Motives and tactical algorithms.Activity of the pieces.Open and semiopen columns.Problems of the Center.Couple of Bishops.strong and weak points.Pawn’s structure.Compensation of material.Unequal relations of pieces.Endings.Basic formation of the repertoire of openings.Schemes of reasoning: Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Such, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Khalifman and Ponomariov.

Preparation of the First Category players and Candidates for Chess Master.(Based on the books of the course of the GM Chejov and the trainer Komljakov, published in Moscow 2009 and in that of “ Contemporary Logic of Chess ” of IM Didishko 2007).For players between 1900 and 2200 of rating.Course of 20 lessons, (weekly) with a whole of 10 principal topics.It cost 120 $ dollars in a payment or 5 monthly payments for 30 $ dollars.Formats: Chess Base and PDF.Topics:Topic 1.-Evaluation of the position.Topic 2.-Preparation in the openings.Topic 3.-Combinations.Topic 4.-Skill in Calculation of Variants.Topic 5.-Strategic Game, Planning.Topic 6.-Restriction of pieces and pawns of the opponent.Topic 7.-Algorithm.Topic 8.-Endings.Topic 9.-Methodology of Study and of Education.Topic 10.-Developed of the process of training.

A special bulletin by email with the games and annotations in Chess Base Format and in PDF for your hard copy with the best material, all translate to english for you, with additional material from russian sources from the best web sites of russian and ucranian chess.Your copy for only 15 dollars.

The Best of “64” Magazine 2009 from Russia.The Best of “64” Magazine from Russia every month for $2.00 dollars. Take a six month suscription ($12) for your versión in english of the best of 64 and five different web sites of russian and ucranian chess. 30 annotated games average each month and a special theory of openings section. A unique bulletin.